# Frelinghuysen family

The Frelinghuysen family (/ˈfreɪlɪŋˌhaɪsən/; /ˈfriːlɪŋˌhaɪzən/; /ˌfriːlɪŋˈhaɪsən/) is an American political dynasty, primarily based in New Jersey, that first emigrated from The Netherlands in 1720.

## History

In 1720, Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen came from The Netherlands to the Raritan Valley in the Province of New Jersey, then a Royal Colony of Great Britain. He was an evangelizing Dutch-Reformed minister during the period of religious fervor known as the Great Awakening. The family has had Frelinghysen Middle School in Morristown named after them.

### Politics

Four Frelinghuysens served as United States senators, one of whom, Frederick T., became a Secretary of State under President Chester A. Arthur.

## Family tree

* Johannes Henrich Frelinghaus m. Anna Margaretha Brüggeman
** Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen (ca. 1691 – ca. 1747/49) m. Eva Terhune (ca. 1696 – ca. 1750)
*** Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen (ca. 1723/24 – ca. 1759/60/1761) m. Elizabeth Symes (1736–1801)
*** John Frelinghuysen (1727–1754) m. Dina Van Bergh (1825–1807)
**** Frederick Frelinghuysen (1753–1804) 1st m. Gertrude Schenck (1752/53–1794); 2nd m. Ann Yard (1764–1839)
***** John Frederick Frelinghuysen (1776–1833) 1st m. Louisa Mercer; 2nd m. Elizabeth Mercereau Van Vechten
****** Frederick Frelinghuysen (1818–1891) m. Victoria Bowen Sherman (1830–1914)
******* Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen Sr. (1869–1948) m. Emily Macy Brewster
******** Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen Jr. (1912–2005) m. Emily Lawrance (1911–2004) (daughter of Charles Lawrance)
********* Barbara Frelinghuysen m. Thomas C. Israel
********* Joseph S. Frelinghuysen III
********* Margaret Lawrance Frelinghuysen m. Paul Alfred Kurzman
********* Susan Emily Frelinghuysen m. 1981 Robert Dudley van Roijen. (nephew of John P. Humes and grandson of Herman van Roijen)
***** Theodore Frelinghuysen (1787–1862) 1st m. Charlotte Mercer (ca. 1790–1854); 2nd m. Harriet Pumpelly (1815–1876)
***** Frederick Frelinghuysen (1788–1820) m. Mary Dumont
****** Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (1817–1885) m. Matilda Elizabeth Griswold (1817–1889)
******* Frederick Frelinghuysen (1848–1924) m. Estelle Burnet Kinney (1868–1931)
******** Suzy Frelinghuysen (1911–1988) m. George Lovett Kingsland Morris (1905–1975)
******* George Griswold Frelinghuysen (1851–1936) m. Sarah Linen Ballantine (1885–1940)
******** Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen (1882–1959) m. Adaline Havemeyer (1884–1963)
********* Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. (1916–2011) m. Beatrice Sterling Procter (d. 1996)
********** Peter Frelinghuysen III
********** Rodney Frelinghuysen (b. 1946) m. Virginia Robinson
********** Frederick Frelinghuysen
********** Beatrice Sterling Frelinghuysen m. 1970: Peter Portner van Roijen
********** Adaline Havemeyer Frelinghuysen m. 1988: Gerald Ogilvie Laing (1936–2011)
******* Theodore Frelinghuysen (1860–1928) m. 1885: Alice Dudley Coats (1861–1889) m. 1898: Elizabeth Mary Thompson (1871–1967)
******* Matilda Griswold Frelinghuysen (1864–1926) m. Henry Winthrop Gray (b. 1840)
******* Sarah Frelinghuysen (b. 1851) m. John J. Davis (b. 1851)
******** Mathilda Frelinghuysen Davis (1876–1960) m. George Cabot Lodge (1873–1909)
********* Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (1902–1985) m. Emily Esther Sears (d. 1992)
********* John Davis Lodge (1903–1985) m. Francesca Braggiotti (1902–1998)
********* Helena Lodge (1905 - 1998) m. Edouard de Streel